Hyundai Will Donate More Than $10 Million to Support
Childhood Cancer Research Through 2011 Hope on Wheels Program

NEW YORK--April
20, 2011: Hyundai Motor America and its dealers announced today at
the New York International Auto Show plans to donate more than $10 million to support childhood cancer research
through the 2011 Hyundai Hope on Wheels® program.

Kicking off with a $150,000 donation to
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, Hyundai Hope
on Wheels, Hyundai's nonprofit organization, will visit institutions across
the U.S. in 2011 and award grants for pediatric cancer research. There are
two types of Hyundai Hope on Wheels grants to be awarded: 1) Hyundai
Scholars and 2) September Hope Grants.

With its Hyundai Scholars grants, Hope
on Wheels will award research grants to 50 children's hospitals in 2011.
The grant recipients, known as a "Hyundai Scholar," will receive a
combined total of $2.7 million from Hyundai
Hope on Wheels. Each of these 50 Hyundai Scholar grants will go toward
funding new pediatric cancer research projects, and will be presented
during a Hope on Wheels Handprint
Ceremony. At the ceremony, children diagnosed with cancer get to place
their handprints in colorful paint on a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe, the official
vehicle of the Hope on Wheels tour, to
commemorate their brave battles with cancer.

During Childhood Cancer Awareness month, Hyundai will donate additional
grants in the amount of $100,000 each through
its competitive September Hope Grants program. The September program allows
Children's Oncology Group (COG) member institutions seeking funding in
areas of childhood cancer research to apply for the grants, which are then
reviewed by Hyundai's board of medical directors and awarded to hospitals
around the U.S.

The 2011 program will mark the 13th straight year of Hope on Wheels' mission to fight childhood
cancer, and the program will donate a total of $10.2
million to children's hospitals across the nation, a 15 percent
increase from last year.

Along the way, Hyundai's National Youth Ambassador and pediatric cancer
survivor, Brianna Commerford, 13, will join
Hyundai for a second year at children's hospital Handprint Ceremonies all
over the country. Brianna battled Stage IV Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and is now
sharing her story with children, families, medical staff and communities at
Hyundai Hope on Wheels ceremonies.

"At Hyundai, we thrive on new thinking and new possibilities, and Hope on Wheels supports doctors and hospitals
doing just that - creating new possibilities that could someday cure
childhood cancer," said John Krafcik,
president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America. "We're proud that for 13
years, through year-end 2011, Hyundai and its dealers will have donated
more than $34 million to the cause. Our goal
is to support the important research that will find a cure for pediatric
cancer."

"Since 2004, Hyundai has been a dedicated donor to the children's cancer
research program at our institution," said Dr. Michael Weiner, director, Herbert Irving Child and Adolescent Oncology
Center at New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. "We
are proud to be a recipient of Hyundai's generosity and to kick-off this
year's program in support for children with cancer."

During Childhood Cancer Awareness month this September, Hyundai Hope on
Wheels will visit 60 more hospitals across the country to donate grants to
hospital programs dedicated to childhood cancer research. Visit the
www.HyundaiHopeOnWheels.org in August to find out which hospital and city
will be the recipient of the first donation that launches this whirlwind
month.

"Hope on Wheels gives Hyundai dealers
an amazing opportunity to give back to our respective communities as we
stand together to fight against childhood cancer," said Oscar Leeser, Chairman of the Hyundai Hope on
Wheels Foundation and dealer owner of Hyundai of El Paso in El Paso,
Texas. "We are proud to join these brave children and doctors in what our
national youth ambassador, Brianna, calls their 'journey to wellness.'"

More information and the complete list of 2011 Hyundai Hope on Wheels
tour stops is available at Hyundai Hope On Wheeels.